Below is some video of a couple of my pitching students. They are different ages and skill level, but they both throw a peel drop.
[video=dailymotion;xdxnnf]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdxnnf_peel-drop[/video]
There are a few things that would cause a peel drop to slow down.
It should be just as fast if not faster than your fastball or if you want you can do a pull back peel drop as an off speed pitch.
Some pitchers will start to naturally throw a peel drop as they increase their finger strength and dexterity without even trying to.
A 4 seam fastball spins with downward movement, and when you increase that spin you then increase the downward movement, and there is the peel drop. That sounds easy right.... Well actually it depends on the pitchers stride and release point.
Some pitchers need to shorten their stride, Fernandez shortens her stride by 6 inches, but it may be different for each individual pitcher on how much they must shorten their stride if they need to shorten it at all.
Release starts right before reaching rear leg/push off leg. I say leg, because release should happen in front of the thigh not beside the hip. The door should be open!! (When individuals say "hip" many times this causes pitchers to close their hips prior to releasing the ball....)
Peel the fingers forcefully off of the ball in an upward motion, the follow through usually looks like you just gave an uppercut punch. But to keep speed the arm should continue forward and not pull back unless you are trying to throw and off speed peel drop.
Hope that helps some, as I did not read all the posts, and everything I covered may of already been posted.
I teach both the peel and the roll over as well as the drop curve. They all move differently and at different speeds, so having different dropping balls that are moving horizontally as well is always nice!
Good Luck!!
[video=dailymotion;xdxnnf]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdxnnf_peel-drop[/video]
There are a few things that would cause a peel drop to slow down.
It should be just as fast if not faster than your fastball or if you want you can do a pull back peel drop as an off speed pitch.
Some pitchers will start to naturally throw a peel drop as they increase their finger strength and dexterity without even trying to.
A 4 seam fastball spins with downward movement, and when you increase that spin you then increase the downward movement, and there is the peel drop. That sounds easy right.... Well actually it depends on the pitchers stride and release point.
Some pitchers need to shorten their stride, Fernandez shortens her stride by 6 inches, but it may be different for each individual pitcher on how much they must shorten their stride if they need to shorten it at all.
Release starts right before reaching rear leg/push off leg. I say leg, because release should happen in front of the thigh not beside the hip. The door should be open!! (When individuals say "hip" many times this causes pitchers to close their hips prior to releasing the ball....)
Peel the fingers forcefully off of the ball in an upward motion, the follow through usually looks like you just gave an uppercut punch. But to keep speed the arm should continue forward and not pull back unless you are trying to throw and off speed peel drop.
Hope that helps some, as I did not read all the posts, and everything I covered may of already been posted.
I teach both the peel and the roll over as well as the drop curve. They all move differently and at different speeds, so having different dropping balls that are moving horizontally as well is always nice!
Good Luck!!